Snowstorm Making Travel Treacherous For Fayette EMS Crews
CONNELLSVILLE (KDKA) -- About seven inches of snow fell in Connellsville by 11 p.m. Friday night, and every inch makes it a little more difficult for members of Fayette EMS to do their job.
Julie Peters, a regional supervisor, says: "When weather gets this bad, we have issues."
Response times in more rural areas can be more than doubled because of the snow.
Fayette EMS has a plan to use ATVs if the roads get too treacherous, but so far, they're using two-wheel drive ambulances.
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Paramedic Scott Poorbaugh took KDKA reporter David Highfield and photographer Bryce Lutz for a ride through the streets of Connellsville.
The ambulance slid in several spots but did pretty well on the snow-covered roads.
The ambulance crew has a long night ahead.
Their shift doesn't end until most of the snow is moving out of our area.